Admission to dedicated pediatric cardiac intensive care units is associated with decreased resource use in neonatal cardiac surgery

ObjectiveNeonates undergoing congenital heart surgery require highly specialized, resource-intensive care. Location of care and degree of specialization can vary between and within institutions. Using a multi-institutional cohort, we sought to determine whether location of admission is associated with an increase in health care costs, resource use and mortality.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed admission for neonates (<30 days) undergoing...